Rocking Chair Limpet

Lottia instabilis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae. Common names include the unstable limpet, the unstable seaweed limpet and the rocking chair limpet. It is native to the northern Pacific Ocean where it feeds on kelp in the intertidal zone and the shallow sub-littoral zone.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Rocking Chair Limpet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Lottia fenestrata
• Testudinalia testudinalis
• Lottia limatula
• Tectura virginea
• Lottia paradigitalis
• Nacella concinna

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nacellida

Family

Lottiidae

Genus

Lottia

Species

Lottia instabilis

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